Power also ordered that neither man drive if released. He required Faris to surrender his passport as a condition of bail, and ordered Shaikh-Omar to surrender his green card. Neither man has been accused of a serious crime before, the lawyers said. Shaikh-Omar’s lawyer, Robert Iacovelli, told Power the man works three jobs to support his family and has cooperated with police. Page said Faris obtained citizenship in 2019, has a full-time job and did not try to leave his home when informed police were heading there Friday.
Power to hold both men on $20,000 bail Friday, while their lawyers asked for lower amounts.īoth men are refugees of Syria, lawyers said, with Faris’ lawyer, Dorian Page, saying his client has no desire to return to the war-torn country. 12, Chan said, and admitted that he was driving the BMW and that he knew Faris.Ĭhan asked District Court Judge Steven D. The two took off at a green light on Summer Street near Thomas Street, Chan said, with Faris going into the wrong lane of travel in an attempt to pass Shaikh-Omar, who drove a white BMW 335.Īfter the crash, Shaikh-Omar got out and surveyed the scene before driving away, Chan said.
10 crash that clearly shows Faris and Shaikh-Omar racing. Three men have since been convicted of murdering him.Ĭhan said in court Friday that police obtained extensive video surveillance from the Oct. Harkins disappeared from a Worcester pub in 1994. Simone of Worcester, was pronounced dead a short time later at UMass Memorial Medical Center, Chan said.įamily recalled her in an obituary as a loving mother and longtime hairdresser who was studying to become a radiology technician.Īccording to her obituary, Simone was the daughter of Kevin Harkins. A woman in the back seat of Faris’ car was then ejected out of the back window, Chan said, landing in the parking lot of Worcester Police Headquarters. Shaikh-Omar, 20, were each ordered held on $5,000 cash bail following arraignment in Central District Court.Īccording to a prosecutor Friday, the men drove recklessly on Goldsberry Street around 2 a.m., with Faris passing into the opposite lane of travel and losing control at about 70 mph.įaris’ Mitsubishi Lancer went into a tailspin and crashed into a car going the other way, prosecutor Jason Chan said. After the repairs, we liked it so much we placed it back on the top of the queue.) Enjoy the video.WORCESTER - Two city men were charged with motor vehicle homicide Friday after authorities say their drag racing led to the death of a 35-year-old woman in an Oct. (We originally ran this piece several years ago but it developed some bugs and broken links. Bookmark it and watch in installments, if you can. At 47 minutes this video runs very long by internet viewing standards, but we consider the time well spent. You won’t find a better film about the world of drag racing circa 1965, when the sport, many will say, was in its golden age. We’ve presented a few of these old drag racing documentaries, and we’ve sat through many more. The Hot Rod Magazine Drags ran for only a few years, 1964 through 1969, but while it lasted, it was a very big deal in the Southern California drag racing scene. The stars and their magnificent cars were gathered for the 1965 edition of the Hot Rod Magazine Drags, held annually in those days on the mile-long backstretch at Riverside Raceway, the legendary road racing facility just east of Los Angeles. Here we are treated to rare views of Connie Kalitta, Ed McCulloch, Tony Nancy, and Danny Ongais, to name just a few. REVISED AND UPDATED - Produced by the the Petersen Publishing Company, the founder of Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines, and narrated by a very young Dick Enberg, this film features countless drag racing personalities of the 1960s. Don’t miss this one, hot rodders and drag racers. Here’s a great old film from Southern California exploring the wild world of drag racing in 1965.